We can trace the Gooud family back to 19th century London, where Samuel Gooud married Mary Ann Isaacson about 1830. Details of their marriage have not been found.but they lived (at least from 1839 to 51) at 8 Capland Mews, Paddington, not far from Marylebone station and a few blocks from Lord's Cricket Ground. The family seem to have referred to the area as St John's Wood and it is quite close to that suburb.

When Samuel died, Mary Ann remarried and they migrated to Australia in 1852 with five of the children and settled at Ryde. A daughter, Mary Ann, later married Edwin Best and became Gordon's Great Grandmother.

The name Gooud is quite distinctive and it is believed that anyone in Australia with this surname can trace their ancestry back to this family.

Sept 2009: Recent research commissioned by Tony Donovan has revealed earlier members of the Gooud family in Stamford (Lincolnshire / Northamptonshire). This information is still new and is not yet in a form suitable to present on this web site.